Bodkin and fastener



E. N. YOUNG BODKIN AND'FASTENER A ril 7, 1925.

Filed Sept. 21, 1922 Fatented Apr. 7, 1925.

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PATENT Pi s.

BOT/KIN AND FASTENER.

Application filed September 21, 1922. Serial No. 589,567.

To. all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, EMMA Nomi: Younc, a citizen of the United States,and resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty of New, York and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful improvements in Bodkins and Fasteners, of which tiie following isa specificat1on..

The object of this invention is to provide a device ofv simple andinexpensive construction for use in connection with a band or the like,to facilitate the operation of threadingor running the hand through thehem or marginal casing of a leg, waist or other open portion of agarment, and also to afiord a convenient and reliable means to unite theends of the inserted material.

The form of embodiment of my invention herein illustrated comprises asingle piece of wire, of appropriatelength, ent to. form a substantiallyU-shaped body whereof the legs terminate in hook members. Such body isadapted to be attached to one end of a band and the device used as abodkin to facilitate the threading of the band through a hem or marginalcasing, and the hook members are adapted to be then engaged with andcovered by the other or free end of the band, and such free end thentucked under and clamped by the connecting portion of the body as willbe hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device, enlarged,embodying my invention, showing the mode of attaching the device to oneend of a band.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the device as attached, the other end of theband being illustrated as bent or looped preparatory to engagementwiththe hooks of the device.

Fig. 3 is a similar View of the device as connecting both ends of theband, a portion of the garment through the casing of which the band isrun, being indicated.

Fig. 4 illustrates the device in edge view as connecting both ends ofthe band.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates a single piece of resilient wirebent into substantially U-form, thus affording a pair of spaced-apartlegs 6 connected at one end by a cross-member, as 7. The free ends ofthe legs are bent upward and forward to form elongated hook members 8which overlie the bodies of the respective legs, and the through the hemor casin extremities of-the hook members are pointed,

To use the device above described, the points of the hooks are enteredinto one end of the band 10. which is usually of elastic material, and"he band is slid along the hooks and upon and along the legs, as seen inFig. 1, until the cross-member 7 lies against and transversely of theband, as seen in Fig. 2. The hook end and the legs of the device, thusprojecting beyond the adjacent end of the band, can be readily enteredinto the open end of a hem or casing 11 of a garment,.and the deviceconveniently used as a bodkin to facilitate. the threading or running ofthe, band through the hem or casing. The curved ends of the hookspresent a smooth leading portion which permits a free and easy movementof the device and the crossmeinher 7 extending across substantially thewidth of the band, prevents the twisting of the forward end of the bandduring its passage. Owing tothe resiliency of the wire the spaced legsmay be pinched toward each other to press their hook ends together insuch manner as to aiford a tapering member which can be easily enteredinto the mouth of and progressively advanced through the hem or casing.When the device with the end of the band attached thereto is broughtthrough the opposite end of the hem or casing, the other or freeprojecting end of the band can be readily attached to the device by thesimple act of folding or bending such end as indicated at 12 in Fig. 2,and engaging the fold with the hook members, the upper ply of the foldthus affording a flap 18, which covers and protects the points of thehooks. The free end of this flap can then be passed between thecross-member:- and the portion of the band with which the member isassociated, the step being facilitated by manually sliding such portioninto the position indicated in Fig. 1. Hence when opposite outwardstress is exerted upon the band from the respective ends of the devicethe connected ends of the band material are drawn taut and thecross-member is caused to bear snugly upon the flap and clamp it inplace, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4:. The two ends of the band are thussecurely united, the stress of service thereon contributing to thereliability of the connection. The device thus constitutes a unitarybodkin and buckle. If

desired the connected ends of the band, including the fastenin device,can he slid into and covered by the hem or casing.

The removal of the band from the gar inent for any purpose, as, forexample, preparatory to washing the latter, can be readil accomplishedby merely removing the lap 13 from the cross-member 7, disengaging itfrom the hook portions of the device and pulling the band bodily from.the casing. The band can be subsequently run through the casing and itsends reunited b the device as previously explained. The device can bereadily disconnected from the band and attached to a new band asoccasion may require.

lhe word band is used lerein to include a tape, ribbon, or similarmaterial, whether elastic or non-elastic.

l claim 1. As a new article of manufacture, a buckle comprising a pairof spaced-apart legs connected to each other at one end bv a transversemember, the legs being of sailicient length to permit the device to beused as a bodkin, the other ends of the legs being bent upon themselvesto form hooks having straight-portions of substantial length whichoverlie the legs, the hooks being of suiticient length to pass through aband from back to front and from front to back and underlie theprojecting end of the band when straightened whereby the said end of theband will act as a protector for the points of the hooks.

2. lhe combination with a securing band for insertion through a hem orcasing of a garment, of a buckle secured to one end of the band, saidbuckle having a pair of spaced-apart legs connected to each other at oneend by a transverse member. the other ends of the legs being connectedto hooks which overlie the legs, the buckle being secured to the bandbypassing the hooks through one end of the band from front to back anddrawing the band over the legs of the buckle to the transverse member,the other end of the band being connected to the buckle by bending theband upon itself and passing the hooks through the end of the double plyof the band, such latter end of the hand then being straightened andpassed between the band and the transverse member, the hooks being ofsulficient length to permit the strai htening out or the bent end of theband without danger of the hooks being disengaged from either portion ofthe latter end of the band, whereby the points of the hooks are coveredby an overlying and frictionally secured portion of the band.

Signedat New-York in the county and State of New York this 19th day ofSeptember A. l). 1922.

EMMA NOLAN YOUNG

